HL Deb 21 July 1998 vol 592 cc744-5

237 Schedule 9, page 138, line 20, at end insert—

("Minor authority governor

. In this Schedule "minor authority governor" means a governor appointed by the town or parish council or parish meeting which covers the locality of any community primary school, any voluntary controlled primary school or any voluntary aided primary school.").

238 Page 139, line 38, at end insert—

("Minor authority governors 0 0 1 1")

239 Page 142, line 22, at end insert—

("Minor authority governors 0 0 1 1")

240 Page 143, line 14, at end insert—

("Minor authority governors 0 0 1 1")

244 Page 143, line 25, at end insert—

("(3) If, in the case of any voluntary aided school which—

  1. (a) is a primary school, and
  2. (b) serves an area for which there are one or more minor authorities,
the governing body so determine, the instrument of government for the school shall provide for the governing body to include (in addition to the governors required by virtue of paragraph 14 and any required by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)) one co-opted governor nominated by the minor authority or (as the case may be) one of the minor authorities in question; and the governing body of any such school must decide whether or not to make a determination under this sub-paragraph.

(4) Where any such school serves an area for which there are two or more minor authorities, the relevant governors may, for the purposes of the appointment of any such co-opted governor, seek nominations from any one or more of those authorities as the governors think fit.

(5) In sub-paragraph (4) "the relevant governors" means those members of the school's governing body who are not co-opted governors.

Co-opted governors nominated by minor authorities

15A.—(1) In the case of any maintained school (other than a voluntary aided school) which—

  1. (a) is a primary school, and
  2. (b) serves an area for which there are one or more minor authorities,
the relevant governors shall, when making an appointment of a co-opted governor in accordance with paragraphs 9 to 13, consider whether to appoint as such a governor a person nominated by the minor authority or (as the case may be) one of the minor authorities in question (unless one or more such persons are for the time being so appointed).

(2) Where any such school serves an area for which there are two or more minor authorities, the relevant governors may, for the purposes of the appointment of any such co-opted governor, seek nominations from any one or more of those authorities as the governors think fit.

(3) In this paragraph "the relevant governors" has the meaning given by paragraph 15(5).").

The Commons disagreed to these amendments but proposed the following amendment in lieu—